Re: [PATCH 2/6] crypto: ctr - avoid VLA use

[Salvatore Mesoraca]

018-04-08 5:19 GMT+02:00 Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> On Sat, Apr 07, 2018 at 08:38:19PM +0200, Salvatore Mesoraca wrote:
>>
>> @@ -206,6 +207,14 @@ static struct crypto_instance *crypto_ctr_alloc(struct rtattr **tb)
>>       if (alg->cra_blocksize < 4)
>>               goto out_put_alg;
>>
>> +     /* Block size must be <= MAX_BLOCKSIZE. */
>> +     if (alg->cra_blocksize > MAX_BLOCKSIZE)
>> +             goto out_put_alg;
>> +
>> +     /* Alignmask must be <= MAX_ALIGNMASK. */
>> +     if (alg->cra_alignmask > MAX_ALIGNMASK)
>> +             goto out_put_alg;
>> +
>
> Since you're also adding a check to cipher algorithms in general,
> none of these individual checks are needed anymore.

Fair enough.
After removing the individual checks the modification to the single files
will be just a couple of lines, is it OK for you if I collapse all of them in
just a single commit?

Thank you,

Salvatore